Toilet-paper cabinet



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN N. MOEHN, OF MILIVAUKEE, IVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO Y LUCAS D. DORSCHELL, OF CHILTON, TVISCONSIN.

TOILET-PAPER CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,554, dated August 3, 1897.

Application filed October 14, 1896.

T0 66 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN N. MOEHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Paper Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toilet-paper cabinets.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a form of cabinet which may be furnished free to users of a special class of toiletpaper without danger of fraud on the part of such users in buying other styles of paper for such cabinets; second, to provide a more convenient form of cabinet than those heretofore used, so that the packages may be inserted without the vexation caused by the necessity of carefully adjusting the parts.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the interior with the cover removed. Fig.4 is a section view drawn on the line as x of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section view of the paper-retaining pin.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters throughout the several views.

The shell A of my cabinet is formed with a cover-retaining edge having a raised flange a and shoulder a at the sides and rear.

The cover B is formed with a counterpart flange b and shoulder b and is provided with a hook C on each side adapted to engage with lugs or bosses D, projecting from the interior surface of the shell.

The rear end of the cover is provided with a lock E, the bolt of which engages against the inner surface of the shell to prevent the cover from being drawn rearwardly to disengage the hooks C.

At the rear or upper end of the shell I have formed hanger-pins F, which are adapted to support the pressureplate G, as best shown in Fig. 4. The latter is provided with a knifeshaped package-supporting pin 11, adapted to project into a metallic socket or shell in packages which are specially prepared for this form of cabinet. The pressure-plate is actuated by a spring I, attached to the base Serial No. 608,858. (No model.)

of the cabinet and operating in a well-known manner.

The cover is provided with a revol uble friction-belt J, supported on the rollers K and K and actuated by means of an exterior knob L, connected with the axis of one of the rollers. The front or actuating roller is provided with a ratchet at one end, which is adapted to be engaged bya pawl or dog affixed to the side of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1, to prevent the user from turning the knob in the wrong direction. The movement of the belt draws the sheets successively from the package and delivers them through the slot M, formed in the front or lower end of the cabinet at the joint between the cover and shell.

N is a flange formed on each side of the shell in front of or below the bosses D to prevent the plate G or its side flanges G from catching against the bosses or the hooks engaging therewith.

It will be thus observed that by unlocking the cover and drawing it upwardly or to the rear the hooks are released from the bosses and the cover with its supported rollers and belt may be removed entirely. The package is then placed in the shell, with the pinHfitting into the metallic socket above named and the cover replaced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A toilet-paper cabinet comprising a shell having a cover-retaining-flange and supporting-shoulders on three sides thereof, a cover having flanges adapted to fit over the coverretaining flanges of the shell and bear upon said shoulders, hooks rigidly attached to the shell and adapted to slidably engage with 0 lugs projecting from the interior surface of the shell, and a lock-bolt attached to the cover and adapted to engage against the inner surface of the rear end of the shell when the hooks are in engagement with said lugs, to gether with a spring-actuated pressure-plate removably located in the interior of the shell,

and a friction-belt attached to the cover and adapted to discharge the paper through a slot in the front end of the cabinet, substantially as described.

2. A toilet-paper cabinet, comprising a shell having a cover-retaining flange and supporting-shoulders on three sides thereof, a cover having flanges adapted to fit over the coverretaining flanges of the shell and bear upon said shoulders, hooks rigidly attached to the shell and adapted to slidably engage with lugs projecting from the interior surface of the shell, and a lock-bolt attached to the cover and adapted to engage against the inner surface of the rear end of the shell, when the hooks are in engagement with said lugs, to-

gether with a spring-actuated pressure-plate 

